Trip to Van Long Nature Reserve
Van Long is the largest wetland nature reserve in the northern region of Vietnam. Van Long nature reserve is located northeast of Gia Vien district, Ninh Binh province (about 100km far away from Hanoi capital). In 1999, it became a nature reserve, listed as a wetland protected area and a systems of special-use forests in Vietnam. Van Long nature reserve is a region of high biodiversity, limestone ecosystem that is home to the largest population of Trachypithecus delacouri in Vietnam with over 100 individuals. Van Long wetland is a diverse ecosystem. In addition to the two main ecosystems, wetland and limestone forest, there are also ecosystems in the fields, lawns, swidden fields and village ecosystems. Not only is the nature reserve, Van Long wetland is also an attractive landscape. Van Long lagoon is known as “wave-free bay” because when you go on a boat on the lagoon, you will see the water surface as a giant mirror. The landscape is like a mountain and wa...